Future water leaders talk climate, commitment and consequences during COP26
Climate change is forcing societies globally to rethink every aspect of how water is managed and protected. And the consequences of actions taken now will have a significant impact on challenges and priorities for the world's future water leaders.
In an event on 4 November, 14 early career researchers from UNSW Sydney showcased their research disciplines across many facets of water - from water security to healthy oceans to water, sanitation and hygiene.
They discussed how climate change impacts and influences their fields of research, the hard-hitting questions they would ask current world leaders and their greatest hopes for meaningful outcomes from COP26.
FEATURED RESEARCHERS: HEALTHY OCEANS & COASTLINES
Charuni Pathmeswaran
Interactions between marine and terrestrial heatwaves
Doctoral Candidate, Faculty of Science
Centre for Climate Change Research
c.pathmeswaran@unsw.edu.au
Charlotte Page
Coral rehabilitation and restoration
Postdoctoral Researcher, Faculty of Science
Centre for Marine Science and Innovation
Aline Jaeckel
Law of the deep sea bed
ARC Research Fellow, Faculty of Law
Senior Lecturer, Environmental Law Group
aline.jaeckel@unsw.edu.au | UNSW Profile | Project website
Nash Abdulmatheen
Effects of sea level rise on coastal erosion
Doctoral Candidate, Faculty of Engineering
Water Research Laboratory
Danial Khojasteh
Effects of sea level rise on estuaries
Doctoral Candidate, Faculty of Engineering
Water Research Laboratory
d.khojasteh@unsw.edu.au | Google Scholar | Linkedin | Twitter
FEATURES RESEARCHERS: WATER GOVERNANCE AND SECURITY
Roxane Francis
Climate effects on wetland birds
Postdoctoral Researcher, Faculty of Science
Centre for Ecosystem Science
Ze Jiang
Climate, hydrology and drought
Doctoral Candidate, Faculty of Engineering
Water Research Centre
Kristyn Glanville
Regulation of water users in the Murray Darling Basin
Doctoral Candidate, Faculty of Law
Environmental Law
kristyn.glanville@gmail.com | `Profile | Research presentation
Alice Harrison
Wetland hydrology, coastal floodplain management and environmental economics
Project Engineer, Faculty of Engineering
Water Research Laboratory
Wenhui Wu
Climate effects and urban flooding
Doctoral Candidate, Faculty of Engineering
Water Research Centre
wenhui.wu2@unsw.edu.au | GWI Profile
FEATURED RESARCHERS: SAFE WATER - ACCESS AND EQUITY FOR ALL
Taylor Coyne
Stormwater management in cities
Doctoral Candidate, ADA
Environmental Humanities Group
Thayanne Lima Barros
Impacts of urbanisation and fires on estuaries
Postdoctoral Researcher, Faculty of Science
Centre for Marine Science and Innovation
Jimmy Hilly
Air pollution and health in the Pacific
Faculty of Engineering
Humanitarian Engineering Group
Varsha Sivagurunathan
Urban Water Security and Planning under an Increasingly Uncertain Future
Doctoral Candidate, Faculty of Engineering
Water Research Centre
